Laundry-marking machine.



'No. 745,302. PATENTED N0v.24.1903.

' T. L. TAYLOR.

LAUNDRY MARKING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 4. 190a. no MODEL. v z SHEETS-SHEET 1, v

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. T. L. TAYLOR. LAUNDRY MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 190 3.

N0 MODEL.

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iatented November 2 4, 1903.-

PATENT OFFICE.

TOM L. TAYLOR, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

LAUNDRY-MARKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,302, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed March 4, 1903.

zen of the United States of America, and a resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry- Marking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for marking linen, having especial reference to the production of a machine which may be used in laundries for the purpose of marking a customers initials or other distinctive characters upon pieces sent to be laundered, the invention consisting in certain magazines for containing movable type, means for causing same to be presented for use in the desired order or arrangement, and means for holding. the desired number of them in a line, inking same, and producing a forcible contact of their faces with the linen, the detailsof all of which will be hereinafter fully specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, showing same fully assembled. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is an edge View, of one of the type-magazines. Fig. 5 is .a side elevation of one of the type, and Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively plan and end views thereof. Fig. 8 a detail in perspective of the chase and its mounting. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail, in side elevation, of the chase and its shaft, showing also the inking-pad and means for mounting both. Fig. 10 is a front elevation thereof. Figs. 11 and 12 are details of the device for governing the opening and closing of the chase.

In the figures like reference characters are uniformly employed in the designation of corresponding elements of construction in the several views.

The magazine for storing the movable type consists of the wheels A, which are mounted upon concentric telescopic shafts a, each of said shafts being provided with a drum a, upon which winds a cord, (shown by the broken Serial No. 146,098. (No model.)

lines at c Fig. 1,) the free ends of which cords are connected to the levers a which are in operative relation'to segments 0%, upon which are suitably arranged a series of characters corresponding to the series of movable type carried upon the periphery of the cor relative wheel A. These wheels A are provided' with perforations in their peripheries, which receive a suitable stem expansible or otherwise carried by the movable type. In the form shown the movable type B consists of a T-shaped body, the single laterally-projecting member I) of which carries the letter in cameo and the oppositely-projecting arms of which are longitudinally perforated and have a split resilient stem'b' set therein. It is plain that this stem 1) might be provided in many ways, it being merely essential that the said stem should enter the hole provided therefor in the periphery of the wheel, being introduced with reasonable ease and remaining with like certainty until it shall be withdrawn by sufficient force. Thus it will be seen that by pulling each one of the series of levers a to the desired point in the correlative segment a the corresponding wheels A will be rotated, so as to present in a line, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in the desired arrangement one or more of the movable type B. In order to hold these type in a proper parallel position, I prefer to groove the periphery of the wheels A and make a corresponding projection Z9 on each of the movable type.

The chase C, as best shown in Fig. 8, consists of a shaft c,provided with radial arms a, between which extend bars 0 and c ,adapted to locate the movable type B, and provided with a suitable bottom extending between them,whereupon the type may rest. 0 represents side pieces, which are hinged upon the rod 0 so as to swing parallel to the side-' bars 0', and are also provided with a rod 0 which when the said side pieces 0 are in the position shown in Fig. 8 look the movable type in position. A spring 0 bears upon the back end of these side pieces a about in line with the pivoting-pin 0 so as to hold the said side pieces in their closed position, and as soon as same are slightly raised its ends spring forward and act to hold same raised. These sidepieces c -are beveled on their free ends, as at 0 forapurpose hereinafter specilied. The shaft 0 is mounted in slots in the side pieces D, so that same may move to and from the magazines A, a spring d, however, acting to move said shaft away from the said magazines.

d is a presser-blade, which is perforated, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the faces of the movable type may be introduced and applied to the fabric through same, the cams c on the shaft 0 acting to depress said presser-blade upon the forward rotation of same. W'ith the desired type in line and the side plate 0 elevated the chase is moved backwardly against the action of the springs at until it comes into such position relative to the row of type that same contact with the rods 0 and c whereupon the side pieces 0 are depressed, causing the rod 0 to engage the opposite edges of the member I) of the type, which looks them in the chase. Then by simply releasing same it will fly forward, due to the action of the springs d, withdrawing the type from their magazines. Pivoted in a ver tical position over the line of type, as best shown in Figs. 9 and 10, is an inking-pad E, which should be so arranged that the initial movement of the device actuating the shaft 0 in its partial rotation shall cause the said pad to fly downwardly into contact with the faces of the movable type in the chase and ink same and rebound to its normal position. This may obviously be performed in many ways. This is also true of the partial rotation of the shaft 0, which in the present instance is performed by the cord 0 which is wound partially around the shaft 0 and is connected with a lever, (notshowm) by which it may be drawn downwardly.

In order to automatically open and close the locking device of the chase, comprising the side pieces a, the spring a, and the rods 0 and 0 I have devised the following construction: F is a standard in which is vertically reciprocable a plungerf, spring-pressed upwardly by the spring f and carrying a V cam abutment secured thereto. This standard is then so placed upon the table as to lie in the path of the point c of one of the side pieces 0 A cord f extends from the lower end of the plungerf around sheaves f ,f and f passing upwardly from the latter and being secured to and partially wound upon the shaft 0. Secured to this cord f is a sleeve f and a latch f is stationarily mounted in operative relation to said sleeve for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The chase 0, having the type set therein, is moved backwardly or toward the wheels A, and the cam-abutmentf will open or close the chase by raising or lowering the locking device aforesaid, according as to whether the said abutment is in its downward position, as shown in Fig. 11, or its upward position, as shown in Fig. 12, respectively, it being held in its downward position by the engagement of the latch f with the sleeve f as the cord is drawn upon by the forward rotation of the shaft 0. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1.- In a laundry-marking machine, a series of type-magazines, type carried removablytherein, means for moving said magazines, and a printing device consisting of a chase adapted to receive and hold said type and revolubly mounted in operative relation to said magazines and an impression-platen.

2. In a laundry-marking machine,a series of wheels concentrically mounted, means for securing type removably to the periphery thereof and for actuating said wheels to partial rotation consisting of segments, levers mounted in operative relation thereto and cords secured to said levers and winding upon the pivots of said wheels, a chase adapted toapproach said wheels and receive said type, a platen and means for impressing said type in said wheels upon said platen.

3. In a laundry-marking machine, a series of wheels concentrically mounted, means for securing type removably to the periphery thereof and for actuating said wheels to partial rotation, a chase adapted to receive type from said wheels and revolubly and reciprocably mounted upon the frame, a platen and means for impressing said type in said chase upon said platen.

4. In a laundry-marking machine, a series of magazines adapted to carry type and present them successively in an assembled line, a chase comprising a box-like frame and a latch extending across the top thereof, said chasebeingreciprocablyandrevolublymounted, a platen and means for producing said reciprocation and a partial revolution.

5. In a laundry-marking machine a series of magazines adapted to carry type and present them successively in an assembled line, a chase comprising a box-like frame and a latch extending across the top thereof, said chase being reciprocably and revolubly mounted, and being spring-actuated to move away from said magazine, a platen and means for producing said reciprocation and a partial revolution.

6. In a laundry-marking machine, a series of type-magazines adapted to present type in an assembled line at a determined point, a shaft substantially parallel to said line when so assembled and mounted so as to move to and from said line of type, arms thereon, a chase carried by the free ends of said arms and consisting of a box-like structure with its top and the side nearest the type-magazine open, a latch adapted to be closed across the top of said chase and bar the type from pass ing out at the open side, a platen in the path of revolution of said chase and means for actuating said magazines and chase.

7. In a laundry-marking machine, a series of type-magazines adapted to present type in an assembled line at a determined point, a

shaft substantially parallel to said line when so assembled and mounted so as to move to and from said line of type, arms thereon, a chase carried by the free ends of said arms and consisting of a box-like structure with its top and the side nearestithe type-magazine open, a latch adapted to be closed across the top of said chase and bar the type from passing out at the open side, a V-shaped cam on the free end of said latch and a verticallymovable abutment in the path of backward motion of said latch adapted to contact with either working face of said V-shaped cam, a platen in the path of revolution of said chase and means for actuating said magazines and chase.

8. In a laundry-marking machine, a series of type-magazines adapted to present type in an assembled line at a determined point, a shaft substantially parallel to said line when so assembled and mounted so as to move to and from said line of type, arms thereon, a chase carried by the free ends of said arms and consisting of a box-like structure with its top and the side nearest the type-magazine open, a latch adapted to be'closed across the top of said chase and bar the type from passing out at the open side, a platen in the path of revolution of said chase and means for actuating said magazines and chase and an inking-pad suspended over and adapted to be brought into contact with the face of said type in said chase.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

TOM L. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

EDWD. P. WOOD, A. P. WOOD. 

